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Please join us for a presentation of the 2001-2015 draft service plan:
Thursday, June 3 from 4-6 pm
Crystal Ballroom
Post Rice Lofts, 909 Texas Ave.
Stakeholder Assembly Flyer (pdf)
2011-2015 Draft Service & Improvement Plan (pdf; memo and plan)
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In the 2006-2010 Service and Improvement Plan and Assessment Plan, services and capital improvements are proposed that continue the substantial revitalization presently underway and meet new challenges as downtown experiences higher levels of activity resulting from success. Since inception, the District has focused on improving downtown’s quality of life. This focus remains a cornerstone of the 2006-2010 Plan.
Five broad goals drive the plan:
1. Provide an excellent pedestrian experience especially in major pathways twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
- Provide clean, sparkling sidewalks
- Make streetscapes beautiful, festive and interesting
- Provide effective wayfinding signage on pathways that connect major destinations
- Provide safe, comfortable sidewalks for all users
- Make sidewalks feel safe at night with adequate lighting
- Ensure that adjacent properties contribute positively to the pedestrian experience
2. Create a place that is conveniently connected by multiple means of transportation
- Provide a renewed focus on walking at street level
- Provide an effective system for circulation in downtown
- Promote access to downtown using transit
- Work toward downtown parking that is convenient, rationally priced and allows one to get to multiple destinations
3. Provide a place that attracts residents, workers and visitors alike
- Work to have supporting retail and shopping that is available seven days per week
- Create great buzz about downtown across the region, state and country
- Make downtown a place that works for visitors down to every detail
- Assist in obtaining more diverse new residential options
- Market image and reality of downtown as the place to be to do business
4. Maintain an ethic that initiates, supports and sustains excellent quality development consistent with the Downtown Development Framework
- Coordinate implementation of the Downtown Development Framework plan and continue to develop visions for neighborhoods and places within downtown
- Assist in the planning and development of significant long-term public private projects
- Assist desired, excellent quality development consistent with the Downtown Development Framework and related investment
5. Make the District’s operation an example of a municipal management district that is responsible to its constituents and makes decisions based on stakeholder participation
- Continue to engage stakeholders in the decisions regarding the redevelopment, marketing and operations of downtown
- Build appropriate capital replacement reserve
- Communicate to owners, tenants and others about the District
- Maintain and update emergency response plan for downtown
- Develop and maintain information to support future continued development, investment and marketing of downtown
2006-2010 Service and Improvement Plan and Assessment Plan (pdf )
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